Champlain Society photographs, 1880.

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Champlain Society photographs, 1880.

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8 photographs of the Champlain Society at Mount Desert Island, Me. in 1880. Founded by Charles Eliot and various classmates from Harvard College, the Champlain Society camped on Mount Desert Island, Me. during the summers of 1880-1882 to pursue amateur scientific work in the study of natural history. The images depict views of Mount Desert Island and Somes Sound, Me.; the Champlain Society's tent-site on the Sound; and various members of the Society, including Charles Eliot and his brother, Samuel A. (Samuel Atkins) Eliot. The photographs were taken by Marshall Perry Slade and are identified in the hand of Samuel A. (Samuel Atkins) Eliot; both were members of the Society. All of the photographs are paper-based.

8 photographs : b&w ; ca. 18 1/2 x 10 1/2 cm.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Eliot, Samuel A. (Samuel Atkins), 1862-1950

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Samuel Atkins Eliot earned his Harvard AB 1884. He served as secretary to the President of Harvard from 1884-1885 and as Preacher to the University 1906-1909. He was the son of Harvard President Charles W. Eliot. From the description of Harvard memorabilia of Samuel Atkins Eliot, Class of 1884, 1876-1909 (inclusive), 1876-1885 (bulk) (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77063916 American Unitarian clergyman and historian. From the description of Samuel A. El...

Slade, Marshall Perry,

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Eliot, Charles, 1859-1897

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Landscape architect. Educated at Harvard College (A.B. 1882). Eliot was instrumental in the development of the Boston Metropolitan Park system. Later, his ideas set the pattern for most American metropolitan parks. In 1892, Eliot was hired as landscape architect by the new Metropolitan Park Commission, which he had been instrumental in creating. In following years, the state legislature established a permanent commission, and implemented Eliot's recommendations for the development of a regional ...